The POSTCARD section (CARTES POSTALES in French) is divided into two very unequal parts. The first dealing with OFFSET & COMPUTER PRINTED CARDS (CARTES EN QUADRICHROMIE) which lists more than 40 items, and the other : ARTIST'S DRAWN & PRINTED ORIGINAL CARDS (CARTES POSTALES ORIGINALES) listing more than 450 of them.

One must bear in mind that the cards in these two sections are of two
absolutely different natures as explained below.

THE DIFFERENCE !

OFFSET & COMPUTER
PRINTED CARDSLists the cards designed by the artist who created the model on commission, usually in the context of an invitation to a postcard show.
When offset printed by the trade there are as a rule between 500 and 1000 copies, rarely more, of which the artist usually gets a hundred.

Recently computer printing has offered the possibility of smaller numbers of copies (down to 120 or even 30) with even better quality, a possibility which is used by groups of artists such as 9 VIES (9 LIVES)

These OFFSET & COMPUTER PRINTED CARDS, all measure 10,5 x 15 cm (4.1 x 5.9 in) unless otherwise stated. Not being printed by the artist himself they must all be considered as reproductions of original works, not as originals.

ARTIST DRAWN & PRINTED ORIGINAL CARDSHere are listed the cards the artist has designed and hand printed (or even sometimes drawn) on his own presses using original techniques such as woodcut, linocut, lithography ; adding sometimes collage, gold leaf gilding...

These ARTIST'S DRAWN & PRINTED ORIGINAL CARDS always measure 10,5 x 15,5 cm (4.1 x 6.1 in). They are to be considered as entirely original artist prints or even original drawings ; except for a few : for instance No. 001 (1967).

They are always numbered (except n° 001!). The restricted number of copies (more often than not between 7 and 50 in recent years) is only a matter of technical limitations : time spent, paper cost, printing requirements...

N.B. There have been less cards recently due to more work on books...

More information is available in the article by C. SÉE in C. P. M. Magazine No.15 (1987),
in the French BIBLIOGRAPHIE